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by Mihail Eminescu (1850 - 1889)

Ce te legeni, codrule?
 (Sung text for setting by N. Bretan)
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Language: Romanian (Română) 
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- "Ce te legeni, codrule,
Fără ploaie, fără vânt,
Cu crengile la pământ?"
- "De ce nu m-aş legăna,
Dacă trece vremea mea!
Ziua scade, noaptea creşte
Şi frunzişul mi-l răreşte.
Bate vântul frunza-n dungă -
Cântăreţii mi-i alungă;
Bate vântul dintr-o parte -
Iarna-i ici, vara-i departe.
Şi de ce să nu mă plec,
Dacă păsările trec!
Peste vârf de rămurele
Trec în stoluri rândunele,
Ducând gândurile mele
Şi norocul meu cu ele.
Şi se duc pe rând pe rând,
Zarea lumii-ntunecând,
Şi se duc ca clipele,
Scuturând aripele,
Şi mă lasă pustiit,
Veştejit şi amorţit
Şi cu doru-mi singurel,
De mă-ngân numai cu el!"

Composition:

    Set to music by Nicolae Bretan (1887 - 1968), "Ce te legeni, codrule?", 1920, also set in German as "Warum wiegst du dich, o Wald?"

Text Authorship:

  • by Mihail Eminescu (1850 - 1889), "Ce te legeni...", appears in Poesii, first published 1884

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ramiro Ortiz) , "Perchè ti culli, o bosco?", first published 1927


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 26
Word count: 106

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